Best PlacesThousand Island Park, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thousand Island Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Thousand Island Park ranks 4,585th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thousand Island Park
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Thousand Island Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thousand Island Park ranks high
- Short commute9.3 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$137,708 median, better than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
Where Thousand Island Park ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thousand Island Park
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thousand Island Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,708, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Thousand Island Park's effective rate of 1.31%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thousand Island Park
Thousand Island Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Thousand Island Park.
Who works in Thousand Island Park, and how
Work in Thousand Island Park centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 30%
- Work from home 60%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Thousand Island Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thousand Island Park.
What the weather is like in Thousand Island Park, month by month
Thousand Island Park sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 23° | 13° |
| April | 56° | 44° | 33° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 52° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Thousand Island Park
The nearest airport, Watertown International, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 234 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thousand Island Park
Schools across Thousand Island Park average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top high schools
- La Fargeville Central SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thousand Island Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thousand Island Park measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Thousand Island Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thousand Island Park
Is Thousand Island Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thousand Island Park ranks 4,585th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on a weak job market and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thousand Island Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $341,000. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $137,708 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Thousand Island Park safe?
Thousand Island Park is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare Thousand Island Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thousand Island Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thousand Island Park represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Thousand Island Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thousand Island Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thousand Island Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thousand Island Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thousand Island Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thousand Island Park detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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